CAROLINE JONES, PRESENTER: Hello I'm Caroline Jones. Tonight the conclusion to our Bob Hawke story. A generation ago Prime Minister Hawke enjoyed the kind of sustained acclaim that has largely eluded his successors. One the eve of his 85th birthday, the former Prime Minister and those closest to ...

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